Questions What are the main challenges in maintaining QoE as networks transition video distribution from DVB to IP? Do hybrid networks demand hybrid monitoring solutions? Hybrid networks have always existed, as has the need for hybrid monitoring solutions – from that point of view, nothing changes. As an industry, we have long dealt with…
For many OTT video distributors, rights management is a challenge. Given the alternative of lacking rights to manage, this is a good problem to have. But slow-paced integrations and makeshift solutions are creating costs and risks that competitive OTT players can ill afford. Existing challenges Rights management traditionally requires interaction with one…
The first thing is to understand what’s going on in the network. That may sound obvious – but, in fact, for anyone coming from, for example, the world of SDI, it presents more of a challenge than might be expected. The fact is that IP is a very different kind of animal. It would, for…
Affordable cloud-based platform simplifies digital signage, reduces cost, speeds time to deployment Pisa, ITALY — 12 December, 2016 First time exhibitor Wallin (Stand 8-E260) is taking the opportunity provided by ISE to showcase its Wallin ONE digital signage solution. Wallin ONE is specifically designed to eliminate one of the biggest challenges facing…
Much has been said and written about the broadcast industry’s transition to IP – but are we as whole-hearted about it as we should be? 340 undecillion, 282 decillion, 366 nonillion, 920 octillion, 938 septillion, 463 sextillion, 463 quintillion, 374 quadrillion, 607 trillion, 431 billion, 768 million, 211 thousand and 456. Or, if you…
2016 saw us achieve a major step forward – but 2017 promises to be the year when everything we’ve worked for becomes an industry reality. For some people, 2016 will be remembered as the year of the Rio Olympics. For others, the memory will be of an American presidential contest that kept the world enthralled.…
ISE 2016 Wallin Stand 8.E260 Pisa, ITALY — 5 December, 2016 “At ISE, we will be showing how we are making digital signage easy – easy to get started, and easy to manage,” said Alessandro Messineo, Wallin CEO. “Wallin ONE provides everything a user needs to get started, including, most…
Vimond Media Solutions Recognised for Innovation, Growth, International Success BERGEN, Norway ― 28 November, 2016 Vimond Media Solutions today announced that it had received the prestigious Villsauen 2016 Award from Bergen Næringsråd (Bergen Chamber of Commerce and Industry). The award was presented to Helge Hoibraaten, CEO of Vimond, by Monica Mæland, Norway’s…
Content rights acquisition was an early obstacle to OTT video. Allowing movies and broadcast television over a new distribution network called for adjusting strategies and striking new deals. But rights were a gating issue long before TV Everywhere and other such initiatives. Rights acquisition is arguably the original broadcasting problem. Who has the rights…
BERGEN, Norway ― 21st November, 2016 Vimond Media Solutions today announced that two of its products have won Streaming Media Europe Readers’ Choice Awards: Vimond Platform in the Online Video Platform category; and Vimond IO, in the Cloud Video Service category. “We are delighted that Streaming Media readers recognized Vimond Platform and Vimond IO…